Mathematics Quote by Gottlob Frege Download Open image “What are numbers? What is the nature of arithmetical truth?” — Gottlob Frege ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Mathematics Nature Numbers Truth
... numbers have neither substance, nor meaning, nor qualities. They are nothing but marks, and all that is in them we have put into… — Hermann Weyl Copy Share Image
Arithmetic is where the content lies, and not logic; but logic prompts certainty, and not arithmetic. — David Berlinski Copy Share Image
Arithmetic is where numbers fly like pigeons in and out of your head. — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
Arithmetic is numbers you squeeze from your head to your hand to your pencil to your paper till you get the answer. — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
Numbers are really fascinating things, and they do play a big part in our lives. They are a language of their own. — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
Numbers are the product of counting. Quantities are the product of measurement. This means that numbers can conceivably be accurate because there is a… — Gregory Bateson Copy Share Image
It is strange that we know so little about the properties of numbers. They are our handiwork, yet they baffle us; we can fathom… — James R Newman Copy Share Image
Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and demons. — Pythagoras Copy Share Image
I love the idea of numerology, but I don't really believe in it. But I like thinking about what numbers convey. — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
Arithmetic has a very great and elevating effect, compelling the soul to reason about abstract number, and rebelling against the introduction of visible or… — Plato Copy Share Image
'Facts, facts, facts,' cries the scientist if he wants to emphasize the necessity of a firm foundation for science. What is a fact? A… — Gottlob Frege Copy Share Image
Having visual impressions is, of course, necessary for seeing things, but it is not sufficient. What must be added is not anything sensible. And… — Gottlob Frege Copy Share Image
...one can hardly deny that mankind has a common store of thoughts which is transmitted from one generation to another. — Gottlob Frege Copy Share Image
It is possible, of course, to operate with figures mechanically, just as it is possible to speak like a parrot: but that hardly deserves… — Gottlob Frege Copy Share Image
The aim of scientific work is truth. While we internally recognise something as true, we judge, and while we utter judgements, we assert. — Gottlob Frege Copy Share Image
It really is worth the trouble to invent a new symbol if we can thus remove not a few logical difficulties and ensure the… — Gottlob Frege Copy Share Image
Every good mathematician is at least half a philosopher, and every good philosopher is at least half a mathematician. — Gottlob Frege Copy Share Image
I compare arithmetic with a tree that unfolds upwards in a multitude of techniques and theorems while the root drives into the depths. — Gottlob Frege Copy Share Image
A scientist can hardly meet with anything more undesirable than to have the foundations give way just as the work is finished. I was… — Gottlob Frege Copy Share Image
There is more danger of numerical sequences continued indefinitely than of trees growing up to heaven. Each will some time reach its greatest height. — Gottlob Frege Copy Share Image
It is indeed a surprising and fortunate fact that nature can be expressed by relatively low-order mathematical functions. — Rudolf Carnap Copy Share Image
For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps. — Christopher Columbus Copy Share Image
Rule number something or other -- never tell anybody anything unless you're going to get something better in return. — Sara Paretsky Copy Share Image
If enough money is involved and enough people believe that two plus two equals five the media will report the story with a straight… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
There's no reason for men to be better at maths than women - it's just about our perception. — Rachel Riley Copy Share Image
“I had a chat with May and I had a sweet talk with April but the lovely conversation that left me to ponder was… — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Copy Share Image
For a physicist mathematics is not just a tool by means of which phenomena can be calculated, it is the main source of concepts… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Geometry, which should only obey Physics, when united with it sometimes commands it. If it happens that the question which we wish to examine… — Jean le Rond d'Alembert Copy Share Image
In school math and science were my favorite subjects, but I probably in my true self I'm more of a people person. At the… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share Image
“How in the world did I ever find you?” Mackenzie Winters “Math class.” Brandon Knight” — Bella Jeanisse Copy Share Image
“One is the notion that knowledge is worth acquiring, all knowledge, and that a solid grounding in mathematics provides one with the essential language… — William H. Patterson Jr Copy Share Image